Contest Season

Our club contest was held in person on February 27. Thank you to the organizing team, including the judges and volunteers, for hosting an awesome event, the members and guests for providing the speakers with an audience, and the participants for competing. 

Award winners in the Evaluation Contest:

 

3^rd Place: Petra 

2^nd Place: Jeff 

1^st Place: Mark 

Award winners in the International Speech Contest:

 

3^rd Place: Darlene                                        

2^nd Place: Nandini

1^st Place: Jeff 

 

The Area contest took place on March 25 at Westhills Toastmasters, and was chaired by our very own Igniter Trevor. Congratulations to Nandini, who placed 2^nd in the International Speech Contest, and Jeff, who won 1^stplace in the Evaluation Contest. Thank you to Westhills for hosting, and for all of the Igniters who volunteered and showed up to support the event.

 

Next up is the Division Contest on April 17^th from 6 to 9 pm at SAIT. Be sure to come out and support Nandini and Jeff!

Way To Go Toastmasters!

On January 30, Igniters hosted the Division E Of The Year Awards. We had a fun evening on the virtual red carpet with over 40 Toastmasters celebrating! Igniters President Jeff won Area Toastmaster of the Year and Fola won Division Rookie of the Year!

Current Division E Director Chelsea and Past Division E Director Mary led the recognition for the Area and Division awards. Program Quality Director Daisy shared a speech about the importance of the colour red.

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners!

Toastmaster of the Year - Donna 
Rookie of the Year - Fola 
Public Relations - Sheri 
Division E President - Val 
Area Director - Wendy 

Tall Tales

“We learn best in moments of enjoyment.” – Ralph C. Smedley

 

Igniters had a short but sweet December. Diane and Glen hosted a Christmas potluck on December 8th and Igniters ran a fantastic Tall Tales tournament on December 12^th. All in all, a fun-filled way to finish the calendar year.

 

As there was no district speech contest this year, Igniters held its own, featuring highly exaggerated and improbable stories. As our current club president, Jeff, said, speech contests “create a different environment in which to test and develop your skills ... and also make for great entertainment for the spectators as we watch each other aim to perform our best.” 

 

A huge thank you goes out to the tournament organizers: Jessica, Geetha, and Ksenija. And a special thank you to the tournament officials and volunteers.

Congratulations to all the participants: Glen, Lenore, Darlene, Trevor, Marvin, Jeff, and Nandini.

 

A round of applause for the contest winners:

 

1st Place: Jeff

2nd Place. Nandini 

3rd Place: Darlene 

 

Looking Ahead

 

After a holiday break, we hope you are energized for a new year.

 

This year’s “Of The Year” Awards will be held as an online event hosted by the District team on January 6^th. Fola was nominated for Rookie of Year and Jeff was nominated for Toastmaster of the Year from our Club. Details of the event are below:

 

January 6th, 2:00 PM (MST) / 3:00 PM (SK)

Special guest speaker – Sheryl Roush, DTM, Accredited Speaker

Registration Required – Click HERE to register.